wii fat

For our wedding, my siblings (& co.) miraculously hooked Jess & I up with the popular, sold-out sensation, Wii Fit. Lord knows I went over my minutes calling Target and Best Buy and spent my weekend mornings waiting for stores to open, only to be turned away.  I almost gave up on Nintendo altogether.

The premise of this game rules. It’s a -VIDEO GAME- for people (or kids) too LAZY to go outside or to the gym.  HA! Take that, Irony!  Humiliatingly, I fall into that percentage of people who have a gym membership that is rarely used.

That said…

This game is awesome!  I enjoy it a lot.  There’s Yoga, Strength Training, Balance Games, and Aerobics.  So far it’s all fun.  I bet it’ll get stale and old (what game doesn’t) but what I really appreciate is that it tracks your progress (BMI, Weight, WiiFit Age, Activity) and this incorporates my new favorite hobby: charts & graphs.  It’s kind of like Traineo, but it’s automatically on my Wii and I don’t have to visit a website, just my TV.

This first time you weigh yourself your Mii’s girth is increased (or decreased) based on your BMI.  It was the funniest thing in the world to see my Mii inflate to obese.  Now I’m stuck with this fat little Mii on the screen.  It’s pretty hilarious.  

Needless to say this game (and a visit to my real gym) have really made me aware of my current state of health and how much I owe it to my body to get back into shape.  Gotta work hard at it.

Here’s a tip for all you Brides and Grooms to be: Don’t get married at your peak weight.  You’ll thank yourself later.

<3 dave